New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-30
LITERARY NOTES.

~. James RUSSELL Lowell in bis last lecture ao"''
A.. -,,h realism sTbs so-called realist sometimes
49,. aoubts In my rad when be assures me tnas no
.,a he alone gives the facts OF NE AZ c"n Tns
thai Il tbesc are the facts. do not want tnc. A..
police reports give ,a %s a Tho real and abiding facts
re those that are such by the sou,
Il is in that upper chamber o, our 'e'"s
farthest removed IRON the senses
1volapak" the new universal language
within the reach Of English speaking people, iioos
.,r Kirshhoes abridged grammar has boon adapted 10
s., K.-, Dornbusch. and anybody VINO wishes
=" ,nduIxs in volapkese now DO SO coiniortao!'
This Language has been formed AFTER tweny se"ihs j..
laborious research by IL. scneyer , ., onSma~c and
has named II VOlapuk IRON "p,'k, iansu"ss; Gle
avolD universe 1t has no artificial genoets, enf e.
conneation and no irregular verbs The roofs o. w.
words have been borrowed from all the ianguags s,v
Europc the adjective verb and advero arc regularly
formed from the substantive, and have ihVaia" '"'
same termination
A. Lessep. Intends to dedicate the personal memoirs
he is preparing his large group OF livery cn'u'e"
Mr.. Wvman the author OF that collection OF pathet
Il realistic sketches called "Pover'y Urass' 's'ne
wife Of CAPTAIN John C. Wyman and the EditoL .,
/. Tho Amendment" little campaign paper paplrnesu
A., ia in erests of the woman suffrage amendment lii
Rhode Island.
We find this not very pleasant glimpse OF Macaniay
In recently pu blished biography OF Agnes
The two dned together at the house OF the late luke
NJ Somerset; and at table very handsome, 9uiie'
Young man. who faced them, apparently ahoraeu ur
Tocanlav n tonic Tor conversation, Tor he looked
pontedly at him and commenced lr"uo v, II, 81
on the stupidity oil handsome men, oy wnon ,"I
Adonis of the party evidently was embarrassed an"
onnoyed Agnes thought the attack unfair, anu re-
Piled I" 1t is consolation for g,y men 10 ,Io
them So" lie became suky and they had no '"i'p'
conversation together.
Miss Strickland visited the Broughams, ana de-
c,ared aierward that his home was not fireplace
I'll sult IN a1
oustere and even morose in the domestic circle. All
his affections seemed concentrated ID ms oloihe
Youngest son. q sweet little bos named hegihal ~
whom he wrote when absent Almost every day. anu Vi
vboso likng for Agnes he was apparently JciiouS-
his passionate love for this child presenting INC oS
pleasing feature in his domestic character. h ~
trouglam he never spoke, and the situation OF 'ns
moor lady in her own house appeared to Agnes very
i,itiable "Ah!" she said with deep sien' nc
was not always cross but was very lascinauns'
The successful Rochester masaz me- I" The Cosmopo'-
itan" is to be published hereafter in New-iork' ana
an English edition is also planned IL VIII continue "
be an illustrated periodical
King Theebaw's remarkable collection of Oriental
Mss.-a collection handel down to him as an heirloom
has been secured for tho India Office in London
MANY Of these MSS are extremely valuable inasmuch
as they treat almost exclusively OF the MODERN us'os
OF Burmah and SIAM They Tor the ,rst thG g,so az
insight into the pecular held by the burmese
peope and its leaders OF their European VISITORS anu
dating as they from the time OF Portuguese selIe
meuts when men Ike J0nn 90 sliNoSi" -
de Morales represented European culture III tDose
regions, when men like Ferdinand MenGez r,'o VEL
the channel through which Eur ,pe received lis know
edge OF the East, they must DC reSaroeo dc nS'0i'
authorities OF the greatest value.
The Queen of Italy, says The Court Journal" mas
found that London publishers not only wilpg out
anxious to pay for her manuscript II may be remem
bered that short time ago at Qu'rlnai pail hes
Majesty informed the French Ambnssador-who haa
in ilred when her novel 10 ppear-that the pooh
would never be By the public the tact beihs' as
she went on ingenuousy to confess that she had sent
her frat Mss under an as sumed name to one OF the
best Roman periodicals. by whose editot it had been
returned with the Italian equivalent Tor the iatal ue
cl;ncd with thanks" Since then" Queen Margaret IS
said to have added, O. am content with one crown;
and shall no more strive after that oil the author
Bot since this conversation took place her Majesty has
had three Communications from well-known London
houses, each making her liberal Offer 1t may there mere
tore he % % lnaI nsT season